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Romney’s image as a liar is beginning to take hold

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By Pat Cunningham

Let’s stipulate at the outset here that almost all politicians play fast and loose with the truth on some occasions. By omission or commission, they sometimes willfully mislead with their public pronouncements.

Even Honest Abe Lincoln probably stretched the truth at one time or another in the interest of trying to save the Union. And even certain modern-day politicians whom I admire are not above deliberately misstating the facts to suit their purposes. President Obama did just that when he argued the other day that the Affordable Care Act was approved by “a wide majority” in Congress.

But Mitt Romney’s penchant for dishonesty far exceeds ...

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